Vintage backgrounds: Don Zimmer

 My original goal for this series was to include anything interesting in the background - could be unusual objects, people or famous lurkers. Here's a famous lurker. Even though Bobby Adams was pictured as an Oriole on his 1956 Topps card, he played for the Reds and White Sox in 1955. That infielder is the Brooklyn Dodgers #23, Don Zimmer, at the beginning of a very long career in major league baseball.

This appears to be the first game of a doubleheader, July 17, 1955 at Ebbets Field. In the second inning Adams singled, then went to third on a throwing error by third baseman Don Hoak. This was presumably a double play attempt where Hoak threw the ball past Zimmer who was setting up for the double play. It does appear Zimmer is looking for a ball that went past him here. Despite the error the Dodgers cruised to a 6-2 victory.